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Posts tagged as “Grindcore”
Because you need 23 seconds of grind RIGHT NOW.
ARE YOU LISTENING TO THIS?! WHY AREN’T YOU LISTENING TO THIS?! GO LISTEN TO THIS RIGHT NOW!!
Fuck the Facts Die Miserable stream.
Holy shit, I am so excited about this album. I preordered the LP yesterday before even listening to the stream. Let me tell you, I was right to do it. This album is amazing. Ridiculously amazing. I regret having missed them play the last time they were here in NYC.
God damn, Mel Mongeon’s vocals on this shit are so brutal. She out-metals nearly every male vocalist I can think of except for maybe Erik Rutan. MAYBE.
If you’re a fan of grind and you’ve never heard Fuck The Facts, prepare to have your face blown off, your wallet lightened, and all your stress blasted out of you by Montréal’s finest.
As I am sure you all know by now, Seth Putnam, lead vocalist from legendary, asshole, grindcore band Anal Cunt, has died. AC (as they were known around people who find the word “cunt” offensive) were a profound influence in my life as a young metal head. Here were a bunch of guys making absurdly heavy, dissonant grind who obviously didn’t take themselves seriously at all. This stood in stark contrast to the other guys who were making absurdly heavy, dissonant metal who obviously took themselves pretty damn seriously indeed. If you’re a metal head (and I hope you are), then you know what I am talking about.
To celebrate the life and career of a man who wrote some of my favorite under 1 minute long songs, here is a list of some of my favorite Anal Cunt song titles in no particular order.
- I Respect Your Feelings As A Woman And A Human
- MTV Is My Source For New Music
- “Well You Know, Mean Gene…”
- Brutally Morbid Axe of Satan
- You Must Be Wicked Underground If You Own This
- Our Band Is Wicked Sick (We Have The Flu)
- Selling Out By Having Song Titles On The Album
- Pepe, The Gay Waiter
- Living Colour Is My Favorite Black Metal Band
- Don’t Call Japanese Hardcore Japcore
- Foreplay With a Tree Shredder
- Old Lady Across The Hall With No Life
- You Look Divorced
- I Hope You Get Deported
- 311 Sucks
- You Went To See Dishwalla And Everclear (You’re Gay)
- You’re a Fucking Cunt
- You’re A Trendy Fucking Pussy
- Your Family Is Dumb
- Van Full of Retards
- You’ve Got No Friends
- You Own A Store
- You Are An Interior Decorator
- You Have Goals
- Being A Cobbler Is Dumb
- Your Kid Is Deformed
- You Go To Art School
- Your Best Friend Is You
- Ha Ha, Your Wife Left You
- You Live In A Houseboat
Here are a couple of jams from Anal Cunt’s weird-as-fuck career.
Oh, Anal Cunt, I wouldn’t trade all the years of hilarious song titles you’ve given for anything. You will be missed, even if you were a fucked up, misanthrophic, junkie asshole. RIP Seth.
Over at his blog Ludovico Presents, my brother Charlie has given a small primer on the lovely music style called Grindcore. If you’re not familiar, Charlie describes it like this:
Grindcore is a type of heavy metal that is characterized by blast beats, fast guitars, and short songs (most of the time). If you shorten a death metal song from 3:00 to :30 and as the song shortens, the intensity increases, that is Grindcore. Does that make sense? Who knows. Anyway, if you’re looking to get into some Grindcore check out my little mix. Here is a sample song.
I might also add a couple things. First, Grindcore has its roots in the punk scene—hardcore most notably—whereas Death Metal comes from a pure rock and roll background. Second, Grindcore’s focus is intensity and brutality at the expense of technicality (usually), a pure wall of rage approach. Conversely, Death Metal’s focus (modern Death Metal, anyway) is technicality to achieve brutality.
Anyway, pop on over to his site and download a sampler pack he’s provided for those both in and out of the know.